Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pilosella flagellaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium ×flagellare var. flagellare
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)
Pilosella flagellaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Hieracium flagellare
COMMON NAME:
Whiplash Hawkweed
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_051721hayesville10
May Clay County NC
Plants stoloniferous, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_051721hayesville11
May Clay County NC
Leaves nearly glabrous on the upper surface, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_051721hayesville15
May Clay County NC
Heads 2-4+ in ± umbelliform to corymbiform arrays. Corollas yellow, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pilosella flagellaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hieracium ×flagellare var. flagellare
FAMILY
Asteraceae_
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New treatment of Pilosella for EuroMediterranean flora (Brautigam & Greuter, 2007)
Pilosella flagellaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Hieracium flagellare
4191
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Margins entire
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Stoloniferous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
often each with abaxial red stripe
Disc: Absent
Inferior ovary
Ray flowers bisexual
FRUIT:
Achene
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